Prior to joining Pierce Atwood, Mary-Laura was a partner in the Corporate Practice Group at Brown Rudnick LLP and Mintz Levin. In 2008, a transaction involving the sale of her client to a large publicly-held speech recognition software company was awarded the "Tech Dealmaker Award" from Mass High Tech and The Association for Corporate Growth Boston.

In 2013, a significant asset acquisition by a leading financial service company, and an investment management company from one of the country's largest servicers of home loans on which she served as a team of advisors, was selected for the "M&A Advisor Deal of the Year" Award.

Mary-Laura has been a guest lecturer on various panels at Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE), Babson College, and Boston University School of Law. She has served as outside legal advisor to numerous start-ups at Harvard Business School.

Honors & Distinctions

Recognized as one of the leading lawyers in her field by Legal 500

Named one of the “Top 10 Women Lawyers in Boston” by Women’s Business Boston for three consecutive years

Recognized in Lawdragon’s list of “500 New Stars, New World Guide”

Selected by Lawdragon as one of the “Top 500 Leading Dealmakers in America”